A Life Lived for a Community In a small tan house with dark shutters on Monroe Street in Troy, Missouri, lives a woman with a simple smile and sparkling eyes. Located at the park commonly called Duck Pond Park by locals, this wonderful woman has been living quietly where she has for many years now, and no one who passes by can guess what is hidden in that infinitesimal house. This wonderful woman is passionate about making an impact on the community with all of her time and energy. This wonderful woman is called Altha Marsh. Furthermore, Altha is someone who has spent her life trying to help and inspire other people every day, and most people don't even know she's doing it. But for her this certainty has no importance, inexplicably because of her eternal rapture, that is, rapture for the help of men. Just like her grandfather taught her too, many years ago in Elsberry, Missouri. Incidentally, Altha was born in the small town of Brunswick, Missouri, which in 2010 had a population of a whopping 838 people (city data .com). In the early 1940s, when he was born, the population was 1,749 people, much larger than today (Missouri Census Data Center). Shortly after his birth, his family began moving around the state frequently due to his father's occupation as a high school band teacher. The home he remembers most from his childhood, after a series of small towns, is in Elsberry, Missouri, when he lived near his three grandparents. It was during her time in Elsbury that Altha attended high school. Eventually, since her father was the band teacher, she quickly took to the music program like a duck to water. Honestly, playing the French horn in class, singing over...... middle of paper ......and leaving out the most influential people here. Altha Marsh is the hero among unsung heroes, who needs to be immortalized by the words of future generations to come. Work Cited Brandon, Emily. "How retirees spend their time." US news RSS. News and World Report LP, July 8, 2013. Web. April 4, 2014. Cohn, D'vera, and Rich Morin. "Who moves? Who stays? Where is home?" Pew Research Center Sociodemographic Trends Project RSS. Pew Research Center, December 17, 2008. Web. April 4, 2014. Dafoe, Stephen. "Masonic history". Order of the Eastern Star. Np, 2008. Web. 04 April 2014."Find a club." Find a club. Np, nd Web. March 27, 2014. “Lincoln County Quick Facts from the U.S. Census Bureau.” Lincoln County Quick Facts from the U.S. Census Bureau. Np, nd Web. March 27. 2014. .